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A Single Thread: A Novel

Tracy Chevalier - Viking
Format: Hardcover

An immersive, moving story of a woman coming into her own at the dawn of the Second World War, from internationally bestselling author Tracy Chevalier1932. After the Great War took both her beloved brother and her fianc, Violet Speedwell has become a "surplus woman," one of a generation...
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Agent Running in the Field: A Novel

John le Carré - Viking
Format: Hardcover

A new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author John le CarrSet in London in 2018, Agent Running in the Field follows a twenty-six year old solitary figure who, in a desperate attempt to resist the political turbulence swirling around him, makes connections that...
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Akin

Emma Donoghue - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

A retired New York professor's life is thrown into chaos when he takes a young great-nephew to the French Riviera, in hopes of uncovering his own mother's wartime secrets in the next masterpiece from New York Times bestselling author Emma Donoghue.Noah Selvaggio is a retired chemistry...
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The Andromeda Evolution

Michael Crichton - Harper
Format: Hardcover

Fifty years after The Andromeda Strain made Michael Crichton a household name - and spawned a new genre, the technothriller - the threat returns, in a gripping sequel that is terrifyingly realistic and resonant.The Evolution is Coming.In 1967, an extraterrestrial microbe came crashing down...
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Bloody Genius

John Sandford - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

Virgil Flowers will have to watch his back--and his mouth--as he investigates a college culture war turned deadly in another one of Sandford's "madly entertaining Virgil Flowers mysteries" (New York Times Book Review) .At the local state...
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Blue Moon: A Jack Reacher Novel

Lee Child - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

In the next highly anticipated installment of Lee Child's acclaimed suspense series, Jack Reacher comes to the aid of an elderly couple . . . and confronts his most dangerous opponents yet. "Jack Reacher is today's James Bond, a thriller hero we can't get enough of." - Ken Follett"This...
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Child's Play

Danielle Steel - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

The lessons our children teach us are the hardest ones. What do we do when our children don't pursue our hopes for them? In this riveting new novel, Danielle Steel explores how families can evolve and grow in unexpected ways. A senior partner at a prestigious New York law firm, Kate Morgan...
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Christmas Shopaholic: A Novel

Sophie Kinsella - The Dial Press
Format: Hardcover

Celebrate Christmas with the ultimate Shopaholic! #1 New York Times bestselling author Sophie Kinsella is back with a new laugh-out-loud adventure featuring Becky Brandon (ne Bloomwood) .
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The Confession Club: A Novel (Mason Book 3)

Elizabeth Berg - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

USA TODAY BESTSELLER * An uplifting novel about friendship, surprising revelations, and a second chance at love, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Story of Arthur Truluv. When a group of friends in Mason, Missouri, decide to start a monthly supper club, they get more than...
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The Deserter: A Novel

Nelson DeMille - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* An "outstanding" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) blistering thriller featuring a brilliant and unorthodox Army investigator, his enigmatic female partner, and their hunt for the Army's most notorious - and dangerous - deserter...
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The Dutch House: A Novel

Ann Patchett - Harper
Format: Hardcover

Ann Patchett, the New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth and State of Wonder, returns with her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. "'Do...
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Elevator Pitch: A Novel

Linwood Barclay - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of A Noise Downstairs and No Time for Goodbye returns with an edge-of-your-seat thriller that does for elevators what Psycho did for showers and Jaws did for the beach - a heart-pounding tale in which a series of disasters paralyzes New York City with...
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Find Me: A Novel

André Aciman - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times BestsellerIn this spellbinding exploration of the varieties of love, the author of the worldwide bestseller Call Me by Your Name revisits its complex and beguiling characters decades after their first meeting. No novel in recent memory has spoken more movingly...
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Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family

Mitch Albom - Harper
Format: Hardcover

"Mitch Albom has done it again with this moving memoir of love and loss. You can't help but fall for Chika. A page-turner that will no doubt become a classic." --Mary Karr, author of The Liars' Club and The Art of MemoirFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Tuesdays...
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Full Throttle: Stories

Joe Hill - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

In this masterful collection of short fiction, Joe Hill dissects timeless human struggles in thirteen relentless tales of supernatural suspense, including "In The Tall Grass," one of two stories co-written with Stephen King, basis for the terrifying feature film from Netflix.A...
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The Girl Who Lived Twice

David Lagercrantz - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

The sixth Lisbeth Salander story--the crime-fiction phenomenon that has sold more than 90 million copies worldwide.Lisbeth Salander--the fierce, unstoppable girl with the dragon tattoo--has disappeared. She's sold her apartment in Stockholm. She's gone silent electronically. She's told...
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The Giver of Stars

Jojo Moyes - Pamela Dorman Books
Format: Hardcover

"With characters so real they feel like dear friends and a compelling storyline, this is a beautiful, special novel. I loved it and didn't want it to end!" - Liane Moriarty, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies "Epic in scope and fiercely feminist....
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Grand Union

Zadie Smith - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal! A dazzling collection of short fictionZadie Smith has established herself as one of the most iconic, critically respected, and popular writers of her generation. In her first short story collection, she combines her power of observation and her inimitable...
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Guts

Raina Telgemeier - Graphix
Format: Hardcover

A true story from Raina Telgemeier, the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning author of Smile, Sisters, Drama, and Ghosts!Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug....
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The Institute

Stephen King - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, the most riveting and unforgettable story of kids confronting evil since It - publishing just as the second part of It, the movie, lands in theaters.In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban...
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Killer Instinct

James Patterson - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

Dr. Dylan Reinhart and Detective Elizabeth Needham--now known to audiences from the top-rated CBS series--reunite to stop the most sinister plot against New York City since 9/11.The murder of an Ivy League professor pulls Dr. Dylan Reinhart out of his ivory tower and onto the streets of New York,...
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A Mrs. Miracle Christmas: A Novel

Debbie Macomber - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

Mrs. Miracle shows an ordinary family that they are blessed beyond belief in this uplifting holiday tale from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. As the holiday season begins, Laurel McCullough could use some good news. She and her husband, Zach, have been praying...
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Nothing Ventured

Jeffrey Archer - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Nothing Ventured heralds the start of a brand new series in the style of Jeffrey Archer's #1 New York Times bestselling Clifton Chronicles: introducing Detective William Warwick. But this is not a detective story, this is a story about the making of a detective...
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Old Bones

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

The #1 NYT bestselling authors Preston & Child bring the true story of the ill-fated Donner Party to new life in this thrilling novel of archaeology, history, murder, and suspense. Nora Kelly, a young curator at the Santa Fe Institute of Archaeology, is approached by historian...
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Olive, Again: A Novel

Elizabeth Strout - Random House
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout continues the life of her beloved Olive Kitteridge, a character who has captured the imaginations of millions."Strout managed to make me love this strange woman I'd never met, who I knew...
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Permanent Record

Arthur King - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEREdward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government's system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated him to try to bring it down.In 2013,...
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Piety & Power: Mike Pence and the Taking of the White House

Tom LoBianco - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

MIKE PENCE: THE ULTIMATE POLITICAL SHAPE-SHIFTER"I'm a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican . . . in that order." - Mike PenceAs the impeachment of President Donald Trump remains a constant topic of discussion in political circles, the questions around our current vice...
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The Pursuit

Joyce Carol Oates - Mysterious Press
Format: Hardcover

As a child, Abby had the same recurring nightmare night after night, in which she wandered through a field ridden with human skulls and bones. Now an adult, Abby thinks she's outgrown her demons, until, the evening before her wedding, the terrible dream returns and forces her to confront...
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Quichotte: A Novel

Salman Rushdie - Random House
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * An epic Don Quixote for the modern age, "a brilliant, funny, world-encompassing wonder" (Time) from internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE * "Lovely, unsentimental, heart-affirming . . . a remembrance...
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Red at the Bone: A Novel

Jacqueline Woodson - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

An extraordinary new novel about the influence of history on a contemporary family, from the New York Times-bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of Another Brooklyn and Brown Girl Dreaming.Two families from different social classes are joined together...
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Royal Holiday

Jasmine Guillory - Berkley
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Proposal and a "rising star in the romance genre" (Entertainment Weekly) comes a dazzling new novel about a spontaneous holiday vacation that turns into an unforgettable romance.Vivian Forest has been out of the country...
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The Secrets We Kept

Lara Prescott - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A HELLO SUNSHINE x REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICKA thrilling tale of secretaries turned spies, of love and duty, and of sacrifice--inspired by the true story of the CIA plot to infiltrate the hearts and minds of Soviet Russia, not with propaganda,...
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Sins of the Fathers: A J.P. Beaumont Novel

J. A. Jance - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

Seattle investigator J. P. Beaumont is drawn into an intriguing, and shockingly personal, case in this superb tale of suspense from New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance.Former Seattle homicide cop, J. P. Beaumont, is learning to enjoy the new realities of retirementdoing morning...
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Spy: A Novel

Danielle Steel - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A young woman is caught up in a dangerous double life on behalf of her country during World War II in Danielle Steel's thrilling new novel. At eighteen, Alexandra Wickham is presented to King George V and Queen Mary in an exquisite white lace and satin...
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The Starless Sea: A Novel

Erin Morgenstern - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Circus, a timeless love story set in a secret underground world - a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea.Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers...
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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know

Malcolm Gladwell - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers--and why they often go wrong.How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville...
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The Testaments: A Novel

Margaret Atwood - Nan A. Talese
Format: Hardcover

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZEMargaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, has become a modern classic - and now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel.More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale,...
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The Titanic Secret

Clive Cussler - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

Both a prequel and a sequel to Clive Cussler's first bestselling phenomenon, Raise the Titanic!, the new Isaac Bell novel is a thrilling action-adventure novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author.A century apart, Dirk Pitt and Isaac Bell team up to unlock the truth...
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Tom Clancy Code of Honor

Marc Cameron - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

As President of the United States, Jack Ryan has faced many challenges, but none have been as personal as this and never has he been this helpless in the face of evil in the latest entry in Tom Clancy's #1 New York Times bestselling series.Father Pat West, S.J. was a buddy of the young...
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The Tyrant's Tomb

Rick Riordan - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

It's not easy being Apollo, especially when you've been turned into a human and banished from Olympus. On his path to restoring five ancient oracles and reclaiming his godly powers, Apollo (aka Lester Papadopoulos) has faced both triumphs and tragedies. Now his journey takes him to Camp...
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Twisted Twenty-Six

Janet Evanovich - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

This isn't just another case. This is family.How far will Stephanie Plum go to protect the one person who means the most to her? The stakes have never been higher in this #1 New York Times bestseller from Janet Evanovich.Grandma Mazur has decided to get married again - this time...
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The United States of Trump: How the President Really Sees America

Bill O'Reilly - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

A rare, insider's look at the life of Donald Trump from Bill O'Reilly, the bestselling author of the Killing series, based on exclusive interview material and deep researchReaders around the world have been enthralled by journalist and New York Times bestselling author Bill...
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Vendetta in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel

J. D. Robb - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Lieutenant Eve Dallas must keep the predator from becoming the prey in Vendetta in Death, the newest thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author J.D. Robb. She calls herself Lady Justice. And once she has chosen a man as her target, she turns herself into a tall...
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The Water Dancer (Oprah’s Book Club): A Novel

Ta-Nehisi Coates - Random House Audio
Format: Audiobook

Number one New York Times best sellerOprahs Book Club PickFrom the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me, a boldly conjured debut novel about a magical gift, a devastating loss, and an underground war for freedom."This potent book about Americas most disgraceful...
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The World That We Knew

Alice Hoffman - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

In Berlin in 1941 during humanity's darkest hour, three unforgettable young women must act with courage and love to survive, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dovekeepers and The Marriage of Opposites Alice Hoffman. In Berlin, at the time when the world...
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